David Harshbarger

Graduate student @hseas and @Harvard_IACS, interested in using data to advance equitable policy. Formerly Research Analyst @BrookingsMetro. Black lives matter.

[David Harshbarger @DBHarshbarger]

Some observations from Saturday’s protests in DC, thoughts on balancing anger and celebration, and how things felt different in this city:
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[David Harshbarger @DBHarshbarger]

Sensational. I’ve long thought of tree cover as an opportunity for data science to benefit urban policy, and now information that was once contained only in Street View imagery is available to researchers in bulk for certain cities.

[Sara Beery @sarameghanbeery]

#AutoArborist has been released!! This fine-grained multiview dataset contains over 2 million trees belonging to over 300 genus-level categories in 23 cities across the US and Canada built to foster the development of robust methods for large-scale urban forest monitoring 🌲🌲🌲

[Brookings United @BrookingsUnion]

We are thrilled to announce that we have been voluntarily recognized by @BrookingsInst!

We are grateful for the solidarity from our colleagues over the past three years, and look forward to bargaining a fair and equitable contract with Brookings management in the coming months.

[The 21st Show @21stShow]

A legacy of redlining have left many IL minority communities especially vulnerable to climate change. The 21st was joined by @LVEJO & @DBHarshbarger to hear more how redlining reverberates today and changes needed for environmental justice. https://t.co/k4oPJZyw9I

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Congratulations to the Urban Institute and Brookings staff for for organizing @UrbanInst_Union and @BrookingsUnion with @NonprofitUnion. I hope other workers in nonprofits follow their example and join a union. Now more than ever, we need a strong labor movement for all workers.

[David Harshbarger @DBHarshbarger]

“Algorithms can’t be racist it’s just math”

“Policy can’t be racist it’s just words”

Both wrong for a similar reason.

[David Harshbarger @DBHarshbarger]

FRED is short for Frederal Reserve

[Jed Kolko @JedKolko]

@Noahpinion I always thought it was a typo of FRED.

[David Harshbarger @DBHarshbarger]

In the 1800s Representatives used to literally beat each other with canes like it was nothing

[David Harshbarger @DBHarshbarger]

Seems like DeSantis was performing for an audience of one in the above clip, while Kemp is doing a PSA. But both of them remind me how the President has so much influence over the actions of individual people. It’s so frustrating that the opportunity is wasted.

[David Harshbarger @DBHarshbarger]

Can’t stop noticing how DeSantis, with Pence behind him, affects Trump’s mannerisms with his hands.

Whether it’s purposeful or subconscious, it’s an example of the soft power of the Presidency. If Trump used that power to, say, normalize mask-wearing, we would save lives.

[David Harshbarger @DBHarshbarger]

Trump supporters adopted the thumbs-up in 2015 to signal in-group membership, and have also become the group most hostile toward mask-wearing. So it’s actually good for a Republican governor to use it to show he’s one of them, as this isn’t following Trump’s example

[Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85]

“Algorithms dont have bias”

[David Harshbarger @DBHarshbarger]

Nah. We’re still angry, and that’s GOOD. See y’all back out there tomorrow, and also every day, in other ways, for the rest of our lives.
#BlackLivesMatter #BlackLivesMatterDC
(photo by @mrbrownsir)
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[David Harshbarger @DBHarshbarger]

Some observations from Saturday’s protests in DC, thoughts on balancing anger and celebration, and how things felt different in this city:
(1/24)

[David Harshbarger @DBHarshbarger]

But... some people who showed up yesterday and agreed vocally for the first time that Black lives do matter might also think this was a comfortable way to put a bow on these demonstrations.
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